[R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr

[John Fox]

Dear Peter,

I've resisted trying to make the script window a full-fledged editor but it's been moving in that direction (right-click context menu, line wrapping, etc). I don't think that the Ctext widget is currently provided via the tcltk package. I still think that people who want a real programming editor are better off not using the Rcmdr for that purpose.

Best,
 John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:P.Dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk]
> Sent: March-05-09 8:29 AM
> To: John Fox
> Cc: 'John Sorkin'; r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr
> 
> John Fox wrote:
> > Dear John,
> >
> > I'm not entirely sure what you have in mind. Any editor or IDE that
> > communicates with the R process and is compatible with the tcltk package
> > will work in parallel with the Rcmdr. That is, when you submit R code from
> > the editor, it will go directly to R and not to the Rcmdr script window.
> 
> One fun prospect would be to integrate the "Ctext" widget as the
> built-in script editor. Some assembly required though.
> 
> 	-p
> 
> > Regards,
> >  John
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> > On
> >> Behalf Of John Sorkin
> >> Sent: March-05-09 7:18 AM
> >> To: r-help at r-project.org
> >> Subject: [R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr
> >>
> >> R 2.8.1
> >> Windows XP
> >> Fedora Linux.
> >>
> >> I would like a suggestion for an editor that will help format my R code
> > that
> >> can be used with Rcmdr. Is there anything I need to know about running or
> >> installing an editor when using Rcmdr? I run R on both Windows and Linux
> >> (Fedora).
> >> Thank you,
> >> John
> >>
> >>
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